A/N: The reviews have been awesome! Thank you! I do want to say that I know that the characters may seem OOC here and there, but given the fact that it is set when they are in or past college, people change. Also given the circumstances Haruhi went through, I think she would act a little bit differently. If it is too off the wall, please let me know. I know she seemed mean to Tamaki and that wasn't my intent, but she is a blunt person and she needed to set him straight before he tried something he shouldn't (because let's face it once Tamaki gets something in his head, it is hard to deter him). LOL. Once again I want to give a big thank you to Stylewriter565 with your help with this chapter and to Dessi16, mythogeek, and mtnikolle for their help with Yasu. Also thank you to for the idea that Yasu would know one of the body guards. Although it is not one of her personal body guards, it is someone on her security team. (:

Chapter 17 – Discoveries

"I have been assigned to watch Haruhi Fujioka's apartment as of Saturday. There is an entire unit assigned to scout the area and report back to Kyoya Ootori. In addition, she will have three personal body guards with her around the clock. When you picked her, you picked the wrong person Yasu. She will be guarded when you get out of here. My suggestion to you is to leave Tokyo and not return. You are about to be released on parole and you have a chance to start over," the man in uniform said quietly to Yasu in his cell.

"Daisuke, I will do what I need to do for me when I am released from this hell hole," Yasu responded cryptically. It turns out it was beneficial having a cousin on the Ootori private police force.

"What does that mean?" Daisuke asked. He had dropped off another prisoner and decided to visit his cousin while he was there. He was trying to give his cousin a head's up so that he would back off and get over his need to see the girl when he was released. Daisuke believed that the reports about his cousin were blown out of proportion, but the courts and legal system felt differently. His cousin now had a chance to start a new life and he really hoped that Yasu took it.

Yasu smiled a fake warm smile at his cousin. "I have no intention of giving up my Haruhi. She will pay for what she did and when I am done, I may forgive her and allow her to be by my side again. It appears she has gone back to her friends and for that she must be punished even more. That slut just can't say away from the money. They are just using her for their own personal pleasure. I am the only one that really loves her," Yasu said to himself. "It means that once I get out of here, I will get my life back and move on from this place," he said aloud, but he didn't add that he planned to deal with Haruhi and maybe take her with him. Daisuke didn't need to know that.

There was something in his cousin's eyes and tone of voice that gave Daisuke the impression he was hiding something. A chill ran up his spine, but he pushed the feeling away. This was his cousin, they had grown up together and he deserved the benefit of the doubt. "Good to hear. You would not be able to get to her anyway," he said. He had not been aware that the girl that put his cousin in jail was even friends with the head of the Ootori Empire. He believed that it was just another commoner until he got his orders from his commanding officer. It appeared that the girl that Yasu dated and was still in love with was more than what she appeared. "I wish you luck in your new life. I am not sure when I will see you again since I will be busy between now and for a period of time after you get out," Daisuke said and then laughed, "Although with you moving on, I am sure my posting will be very boring and quiet. Take care cousin and be happy." Daisuke gave his parting words and walked away from Yasu. He truly believed that his cousin was moving on and nothing would come of his new assignment.

"Good bye cousin. I have every intention of being happy," Yasu said quietly to the retreating form of the man that had visited him. Yasu sneered, he would do whatever he had to for revenge against the men that took his Haruhi away from him and poisoned her mind against him, and to teach her a lesson that she would never forget.

Haruhi was working on her studies and a chill ran down her spine. She looked around and pulled a blanket from the couch down to her spot on the floor at the coffee table. She wasn't cold per se but decided it would help against the small breeze that had to have blown at the time.

"Are you cold Haru-Chan?" Hunny asked when he came out of the office to see his girlfriend wrapped in a blanket and her nose in a book.

Haruhi looked up and it took her a minute to focus and answer him since she was so wrapped up in her law book, "Huh? Oh yah, I got a small chill and then wrapped the blanket around me. I am fine though." She turned back to her book and started to read again effectively shutting out everything and going back into her own little world.

Hunny shook his head and chuckled. Her study habits hadn't changed at all since high school. She could still engross herself in her studies and shut out the world. He walked into the kitchen to make them both some tea. He had finished his evaluations of the new recruits for Kyoya and started to work on studying the files the shadow king had sent over of current recruits that were going to go through more extensive training. He was only about a third of the way through is initial glance through that pile, but had another week before he needed to meet with his friend about that group. His meeting about the new recruits was the next day. Some seemed promising, but some seemed like they may not make it through the first week of basic training. Time would tell who would be able to make the mark and who would be given a pink slip.

When the water was finished boiling, he pour the hot water over the tea leaves in the teapot and let it steep for a few minutes while he pulled out a cake for himself to eat and two tea cups. He smiled to himself. He could get used to taking care of Haruhi. He liked the idea that he could make her tea, help her to relax, and kiss the worry lines away. He never thought he had a chance with her and yet, she was sitting in his living room studying and she belonged to him. He frowned when he thought about that. She wasn't a possession, but at the same time she was his girlfriend. He didn't own her but she belonged to him as he belonged to her. His smiled returned when he thought about her possessing him. She had already possessed his heart for years and he freely gave it to her.

Hunny finished with the tea and carried the tray into the living room. He sat across from Haruhi on the other side of the coffee table and set the tray on the floor next to him. He poured her a cup of tea and set it in front of her, "Haru-Chan here is some tea. Are you ready for a break? Do you want to share some of my cake?"

Haruhi looked up and smiled, "Tea sounds really good, but I think I am ok without the cake Mitsukuni." She set her pencil down and stretched before she grabbed the tea cup that Hunny had set in front of her and took a sip offering him another smile. She realized that she really liked sharing tea with him and she liked him being there for her and with her. She knew that she cared for him and liked him, but she had never felt so at ease in a relationship before and was smart enough to recognize that fact.

Hunny looked at her smiling eyes and offered her one of his own smiles as he placed his plate of cake on the coffee table so that he would not make a huge mess with it. He looked at all of the books and notes that seemed to be scattered in the general vicinity around Haruhi, "Did you have a lot of homework today?"

"I had some that I already finished, but I have a test on Friday and had to study for that which is the reason for all of the notebooks on top of the textbooks," Haruhi laughed. She hated waiting until the last minute to study for tests and always started studying weeks ahead of time. She hadn't studied for the test for the past few days and needed to make sure that was one thing she reviewed after she finished the homework that was due the next day. She was almost done, but the break Hunny offered was too good to pass up.

"Well, you still have about an hour before we need to get ready for dinner. So you can get back to your studying if you want."

"Thank you. I will get back to it in a minute. This break is nice."

Hunny smiled and forked a strawberry from the cake and offered it to the girl across from him. His breath hitched as she gave him a brilliant smile at his offering. She took it with her fingers and then took a bite of the sweet and juicy piece of fruit. He watched her finish the strawberry and realized he had stopped eating his sweet treat to watch her eat the strawberry. He cleared his throat and looked down as his face started to warm and he started to eat his cake once again.

Haruhi relished the strawberry and its sweetness. She may not have liked sweet things, but she loved strawberries. They were one of her favorite fruits and when they were in season, she would splurge a little of her grocery money to buy some. As she finished the strawberry, she looked at her boyfriend and realized that he was staring at her and then quickly looked down. She wondered if there was something wrong or if she had something on her face, but instead of asking, she took a napkin and wiped the residual juice off of her mouth. The girl turned back to her notes and books and quickly lost herself to her studying once again.

An hour later, Haruhi felt a hand upon her shoulder shaking her out of her wonderland of law. She blinked a few times and then looked up. Hunny was standing over her with a smirk on his face. "What is it Mitsukuni?" She asked as she stretched her arms above her head.

"It's time to get ready for dinner Haru-Chan," Hunny said with laughter in her voice. She really had no concept of time when she was in the middle of studying.

"Oh, okay. Thanks for telling me," Haruhi said as she stood up and almost fell over. Hunny caught her and she put her hands on his shoulders. Haruhi giggled, "Thank you for catching me. I guess I was sitting there too long without moving my legs and they fell asleep."

"Are you ok now Haru-Chan?" Hunny asked laughing with her.

"Yah, I think so," she said as she stomped her feet a little to work feeling back into her lower extremities. She tested her legs by letting go of his shoulders. She kept her balance, but felt some lingering tingling, "Looks like I have my legs back. I will just go to the guest room to get ready for dinner." She gave Hunny a little kiss on the cheek and walked away from him towards the bedroom to change.

As Haruhi was getting ready, she heard her phone ringing. She dug around in her purse and finally found the device that tried to elude her. She had not found it in enough time though and by the time Haruhi pulled it out of her purse to answer it, the call had already gone to voice mail. She reviewed the missed calls and her breathing sped up for a second. A twinge of distress shot through her while she froze and dropped the phone to the ground. The name in her missed calls was none other than Hikaru Hitachiin.

Why was he calling her now? What could he possibly want with her? She had to tell herself to calm down and that he probably felt bad about what happened between them. He probably wanted to finally apologize. The question was is she ready to hear the apology and forgive him for how he behaved? The bruises were still on her arms. Fear of him still lingered, there was no denying that, but he was supposed to be a friend. The real answer was that she didn't know if she was ready to forgive and she needed to think about it because she just wasn't sure if she was ready to let him back in. She could forgive him, but that did not mean she could open that door right now. She had conquered a lot of fears and overcome a series of things that Yasu had done to her, she would not let anyone put her back in the corner regardless if they were a friend or not. She finished getting ready before she picked up the phone from its place on the floor and put it back in her purse. She would deal with Hikaru later.

Haruhi walked out of the bedroom and stopped. In the living room talking to his taller cousin was Mitsukuni Haninozuka and he looked delicious to her. He was wearing a black suit with a pale green shirt and a black tie with green stripes. The suit fit him perfectly and she admired how good he looked in it. She smiled when she realized that the tie pin was Usa-Chan. "I guess he is taking the bunny with him in different ways," she mused to herself.

Hunny had known the moment Haruhi walked into the room and wondered why he stopped. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye while he talked to Mori and found her staring at him. He hoped she thought he looked alright and liked the suit he wore. She had looked heavenly in her black dress. The sleeves went down to her elbows and had a V-neck line in the front and back between her shoulder blades. The dress was an A-Line and went down to right above her knees. It complimented her figure and was beautiful on her. His smile grew when he saw the one that appeared on her face.

When they were done talking business, Mori turned around and saw Haruhi. She looked pretty and knew that his cousin was hypnotized by her. He laughed inwardly. There had been a time when she didn't look very feminine and everyone believed her to be a boy. The way she looked right now, she was the furthest thing from a boy you could get. "You look nice Haruhi," Mori said in his baritone voice. He looked at Hunny and it seemed as if the shorter man was speechless. It didn't happen too many times, but seemed to happen more and more when Haruhi was around.

Hunny heard Mori talk and blanched at the word "nice". She was so much more than nice, she was striking. "Haru-Chan, you look exquisite," Hunny finally got out. He watched the blush on her face increase.

"Thank you Mitsukuni. You look very handsome yourself," Haruhi smiled at him.

"Thank you. Are you ready to go? We are supposed to meet them at the restaurant in about thirty minutes," Hunny explained quietly. She had taken his breath away and he was still trying to get it back.

"Yep, I have everything I need. Let's go. Bye Mori, we will see you later," Haruhi said smiling while moving forward towards the door. Hunny met her there and helped her with her wrap she had been carrying in her hand. She then felt his hand link with hers and was vaguely aware that he said something to his cousin before they were out the door and into the limo for their double date.

Bethany had offered to cook, but it was her night off and the decision was made that they would visit a different restaurant to enjoy their evening together. Satoshi was afraid that if they went to H-Chan, Bethany would be tempted to make an appearance in the kitchen. Hunny understood and made reservations away from H-Chan.

As they were about to pull up to their set location, Haruhi's phone started to ring again. She pulled it out of her purse and hit the ignore button. She was not going to talk to Hikaru right now. She threw the phone back in her purse and turned to look out the window telling herself not to let him get to her.

Hunny helped Haruhi out of the limo when the driver opened the door for them. He could tell something was off with her tonight and he believed it had something to do with that phone call. He tried to ask her who it was, but she just told him it was nothing and no one. He had nodded and accepted her answer even though he knew it wasn't exactly true. Something was bothering her, but he would not push her to tell him and would wait until she was ready to tell him on her own. Before they walked into the restaurant, he stopped her and leaned down to kiss the side of her neck, "You look beautiful and I am glad you are here with me."

Haruhi got shivers at the contact and smiled up at Hunny. She was happy she was there with him also, "Me too." She leaned up and gave him a brief kiss on the lips. Then she walked through the door when he opened it for her.

Satoshi and Bethany were already seated at the table waiting for their friends to arrive. Satoshi having been bred into higher society stood up when Haruhi and Hunny walked up to the table following the waiter. He noticed Haruhi's arm was linked with Hunny's, but that could have been the older man just being a gentleman. He knew that Hunny had feelings for Haruhi and hoped that one day that he would be able to tell her about those feelings, but as far as he knew, they were just friends.

Haruhi smiled at Satoshi and Bethany when she and Hunny arrived at the table, "Hi Satoshi, Bethany."

"Hi everyone," Hunny smiled.

"Hi Haruhi and Haninozuka-sama," Bethany said returning the smiles.

"Hey Haruhi, Mitsukuni," Satoshi said sitting back down and watched as Hunny pushed Haruhi's chair in and kissed the top of her head. Unfortunately he was taking a drink of water at the time and chocked. Bethany patted his back and his coughing fit died down.

"Are you ok Sato-Chan?" Hunny asked looked at his cousin with concern.

"Yah, I'm fine. I know that Takashi would get onto me for what I am about to say, but he isn't here. Is there something going on between you two?" Satoshi screeched. He sat there waiting for an answer as Haruhi started to laugh and Hunny smirked, "Well?"

"Satoshi, don't be rude!" Bethany warned him.

"I'm not trying to be rude. It's just that you may not know certain things and well look at them," Satoshi retorted as he looked at the girl seated to his side and then back at the couple across from him.

"I probably know more than you think I do. Nobody creates a restaurant around a woman unless there are feelings," Bethany whispered harshly to her fiancé.

Hunny was laughing at the exchange between the two of them. Bethany had not exactly been as quiet as she thought when she whispered the last statement, "Its ok Beth-Chan. You are right." He looked at his cousin and was grinning even wider, "If you really want to know, Haru-Chan and I are together. I told her my feelings and she agreed to give me a chance." He turned to look at Haruhi and grabbed her hand, bringing it up to his lips and kissing her knuckles, "Well I guess we actually have my brother to thank for that one."

Haruhi was blushing as she looked at Hunny and watched him bring her hand to his lips. She gave him a small smile and nodded about his brother's involvement in their relationship. Breaking eye contact and looking at the couple that sat across from her, her smile widened, "He is right. Chika did have a hand in getting us together and I did tell Mitsukuni that I would give him a chance." With this statement, girl talk started and Bethany wanted to know all of the details and what happened. They paused to place their drink and dinner orders and when Haruhi was done reciting everything that happened the day before, Bethany seemed satisfied. Satoshi was looking at her with a funny grin and Hunny was smiling as he watched her recount the tale.

Bethany clasped her hands together to her chest and that is when Haruhi and Hunny saw her ring. "Beth-Chan is that what I think it is?" Hunny asked.

Haruhi looked at the ring and then at Satoshi. He has the biggest happiest grin on his face and was nodding. "It looks like we are not the only ones with news at the table. When did this happen?" Haruhi said grinning from ear to ear.

"Last night," the couple said together.

Bethany proceeded to tell Hunny and Haruhi about the romantic dessert that Satoshi had prepared at her apartment after she got home from work and how he had rose petals leading from her door to the table. She followed the trail and there was a candlelight dessert waiting for her. Satoshi came out of the kitchen and gave her a kiss. When he pulled back he told her how much she meant to him, how much he loved her and needed/wanted her in his life. Then he got down on one knee and told her that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. He pulled out a ring box and asked her to marry him. She attacked him on the floor and said yes. "And that was how he proposed," Bethany said dreamily.

"That sounds perfect," Haruhi said dreamily. She briefly had an image pop into her head of Hunny proposing, but pushed it away. It was way too soon for that one.

"Congratulations you two! We need to celebrate with some champagne and cake!" Hunny said enthusiastically. He was bouncing in his chair with excitement.

"After dinner Mitsukuni," Haruhi laughed. She loved the fact that although he has grown up and matured; inside he was the same Hunny.

"Your right Haru-Chan!" Hunny agreed. He wondered how long before dinner arrived so that he didn't have to wait too long for cake, but he didn't have to think about much longer since the waiter arrived at that moment with their meals.

They continued to talk about the good fortune of both couples throughout the meal and the atmosphere was one of elation. Both couples were happy about the recent changes that had taken place in their lives and wouldn't trade their blessings for anything.

When dinner was done, cake and champagne were ordered to celebrate the engagement of Satoshi and Bethany. However after Hunny toasted his cousin and new fiancé, Satoshi gave his own toast to Hunny and Haruhi.

As they were getting ready to leave, Bethany and Haruhi made plans to get together the following week for girl time and to exchange recipes. Hunny liked the fact that the two girls were getting along since Bethany would soon be family and he hoped that one day he could say the same thing about Haruhi. He told himself not to get too far ahead of himself since they just started dating the day before, but he knew he had loved her for a long time.

Haruhi and Hunny got into the limo and immediately snuggled together. Haruhi was resting her head on his shoulder with his arms wrapped around her. They were in a state of bliss. They were able to celebrate their friends' engagement and they had found each other. It was quiet; neither were saying anything and just enjoying being together.

The silence was broken by the ringing of Haruhi's phone. She pulled it out of the purse that was lying on her lap and looked at the caller id. It was once again Hikaru. She exhaled and hit ignore, putting the phone back in her purse and relaxing against Hunny again.

Hunny felt Haruhi stiffen as soon as she pulled the phone out of her purse and looked at it. He saw the name Hikaru on the caller id and knew that Hikaru had decided it was time to try to contact Haruhi again. The older twin did not like to be ignored, nor did he give up so easily so he knew he had to be on guard for Haruhi's sake. If Hikaru had something to tell Haruhi, he would find a way to tell her and Hunny would be there to make sure that she was not hurt by him again in the process.

The limo finally made its way to Haruhi's apartment complex and soon enough the door was opening to let the couple know that their night was over. Hunny looked down and saw that Haruhi was asleep. He shook her awake and then helped her out of the car carrying her bags for her up to her apartment.

Haruhi opened the door and invited Hunny in for some tea, but he declined again. "Haru-Chan, you look like you are about to fall asleep standing there," he explained. She really did look dead on her feet. He pushed her into the apartment and set her bags down on the floor. "Why don't you go to bed and I will see you tomorrow. I have a meeting with Kyo-Chan in the morning, so I will pick you up and take you to school.

Haruhi nodded her head, too tired to speak. She really felt like she was about to fall asleep and silently thanked Hunny for realizing it and declining the tea. She felt him give her a small kiss on her forehead and then walked out of the door closing it behind him. Locking the door after him, she made her way to her room and collapsed on the bed. She was taken to oblivion a few minutes later.

Ranka opened the door to his daughter's bedroom the next morning. Normally she would have been up and making breakfast by now, but he hadn't heard her stir at all and got worried. Upon entering her room, he noticed two things: first she was still in her clothes from last night and second for the first time in a long time, she was smiling in her sleep. He hated to wake her, but if he didn't, she would be late to school, "Haruhi it is time to wake up or you will be late for school." She didn't budge. So he tried again, this time shaking her shoulder and raising his voice a little more. That did the trick and she sat up so fast, she hit his forehead with her own, "Ouch!"

Haruhi looked around a bit disoriented after she sat up and never feeling the head butt she gave her father. She looked from him to the clock on her nightstand. She had been having a great dream about Hunny and her on a picnic and wanted to get back to it, but something stopped her from lying back down and burying herself in the covers. The clock read 6:57. She was late running late, "Oh no! Sorry dad. I will be up and make you breakfast in a minute!" She threw the covers back and started to stand up.

"Don't worry about breakfast honey. I have already taken care of that. You just need to worry about getting showered and changed or you will be late. Actually, you might still be late," Ranka murmured looking at the time.

"Uh, no I won't. Mitsukuni is picking me up and taking me to school, but I need to hurry so that I am ready when he gets here," Haruhi rushed as she grabbed her clothes and ran into the shower.

"Hmmm Mitsukuni Haninozuka is picking you up for school. I wonder what is going on there…" Ranka thought to himself as he heard the shower turn on. He smiled to himself; he hadn't seen her smile so much in a long time. He was happy that the hosts were back in her life and something told him that it all stemmed from a short blonde karate and judo champion based on the blush she had on her face as soon as she told him who was picking her up. He wondered if Haruhi had realized her feelings for Hunny yet and decided he would give it some time and just observe everything for now.

Haruhi took a quick shower and got dressed. She didn't have time to think about anything, she was running late and she hated running late for class. Her years in the host club had put the fear of tardiness into her system. She ran back into her room and looked for her book bag before she realized that Hunny had carried it in for her and set it by the door. She looked at the front door and there it was waiting on her. She ate the quick breakfast of eggs and toast that her father had prepared for her, drinking her juice quickly as she rushed to put her dishes in the sink. As soon as the plate hit the metal, there was a knock at the door and she raced to answer it before her father.

Hunny knocked on the door and was a little surprised to see it fly open with a little more force than what he was used to from this household. Glancing up he saw Haruhi on the other side looking like she just woke up. With a worried look he asked, "Are you okay Haru-Chan?"

"Yah, I just woke up late. Let me brush my teeth and I will be ready to go. Come on in," she said as she stood back from the door. She really didn't want to leave Hunny alone with her father, but she needed to brush her teeth before she left for school. She ran into the bathroom and tried to make short work of the chore.

"Hi Ranka-Chan!" Hunny said to the father sitting at the table drinking tea.

"Oh hello Mitsukuni. Thank you for taking Haruhi to school today. She would have been late if not for your kindness," Ranka gushed.

Hunny laughed at the eccentric father, "It is no problem Ranka-Chan. I was wondering if I could talk to you though." Hunny wanted to talk to him about his relationship with Haruhi and about the security measures that would be put into place this weekend.

"Sure, how about you come over for dinner tonight so that we can return your generosity," Ranka said batting his eye lashes at the younger man. He wanted to see how Hunny and Haruhi interacted.

"Okay, I can do that!" Hunny said smiling. It was hard not see through the older man's guise. He wanted to see what was going on between him and Haruhi.

"Dad stop harassing Mitsukuni!" Haruhi said running back into the room.

"I wasn't harassing him, was I Mitsukuni? I just invited him to dinner since you don't have to work tonight," Ranka defended himself.

"He's right Haru-Chan," Hunny said giving her a gentle smile.

"Ok fine, dinner tonight. Now can we go?" Haruhi grumbled. She was still feeling hurried and late and probably wouldn't calm down until she got to class.

Hunny laughed and grabbed her book bag from its place on the floor, "Let's go Haru-Chan. See you later Ranka-Chan!" They ran down the steps and quickly got into the car. Hunny looked at her, "Don't worry, I will make sure you get to school on time."

Haruhi, who had been biting her lip and looking at the time on her cell phone, jumped at his voice, "Sorry, I always feel like this when I am running late. I know I will be on time since we are driving; it just takes me a little bit to calm down. Don't worry."

Hunny leaned over and gave her a small kiss, "I wasn't worried. I just thought that you would calm down when you realized that you would make it on time."

She gave him a small smile, "Thank you." She jumped again when her phone rang. Hikaru again, he wasn't giving up and she knew that she would need to talk to him. She made a mental note to call him after her first class and turned her head to watch the passing scenery.

Hunny knew it was Hikaru again by the way Haruhi hit ignore and stiffened next to him. He wondered how much longer it would be before the twin took action. He decided that he would talk to Kyoya and one of them would call Hikaru before the day was over. He was lost to his thoughts as the limo pulled up to the university and instead of waiting on the driver to open the door, he felt a pair of lips on his and a second later sunlight hit his face. Haruhi was gone that quickly.

Hunny was about to tell the driver to go to his meeting when he noticed one of Haruhi's books on the floor of the car. Instead he told his driver to wait while he took the book to Haruhi and quickly made his way to the building that housed her first class. He was glad Kyoya had given him her schedule or he might have been lost. He tried to call her on his way to her class so that she could meet him out in the hall, but it went straight to voice mail. As he was pocketing his phone it rang and he looked down automatically smiling at the name that appeared, "Haru-Chan I have one of your books and am on my way to your class to bring it to you."

"Oh, okay Mitsukuni. I will just put my books down and then…" Haruhi stopped in the middle of her sentence.

"Haru-Chan?" Hunny asked, but got zero response. He could still hear ambient noises so he knew that the call had not been disconnected. He tried again and still not response. He pulled the phone away from his ear to make sure the call was still connected and it was. He started to run and heard Haruhi whisper "Hikaru" into the phone. Her voice sounded strangled and he knew that she was afraid, "I am almost there Haruhi!" He didn't disconnect the line because he didn't want her to feel like she was alone. Instead he ran as fast as he could to get to her room and was there in a couple of minutes.

Hunny walked into the classroom tentatively and took in his surroundings. Hikaru was sitting in a desk in the second row and Haruhi was about three feet into the classroom, frozen in her spot. He shot an evil scowl at Hikaru and walked up to Haruhi as he placed his cell phone in his pocket and took hers from her doing the same to it. "It's ok Haruhi. Hika-Chan is not here to hurt you. I wouldn't let him," Hunny said soothingly. He watched as she tore her eyes away from Hikaru and looked up at him. The fear that he saw in her eyes made him want to kill Hikaru for what he had done to her.

Haruhi broke eye contact with Hikaru and looked at Hunny. When she had walked into the classroom and had seen Hikaru sitting in one of the chairs in her class, she had felt an immediate paralyzing fear. She couldn't move. She felt Hunny pull her into his arms and she sagged against him and started to cry hating the fact that she was afraid. She felt him take her bag away from her and pull her out of the room that had started to fill up.

Hunny pulled her out of the room and then outside to a bench. He sat her down and then sat next to her and pulled her back into his arms. He knew that she would probably not appreciate an audience to her fear and suffering. Out of the corner of his eye, he had watched Hikaru stand up and follow them out of the classroom.

Once seated on the bench with Haruhi, he pulled out his cell phone dialing Kyoya, "Kyo-Chan, I need to reschedule our meeting to this afternoon or tomorrow."

"I can move some things around and give you a new time shortly. Is there a problem Hunny?" Kyoya asked. He knew that if Hunny was trying to move a meeting, something was going on and it probably involved Haruhi.

"Hikaru showed up in Haru-Chan's classroom," Hunny sneered. He shot a frown at the auburn haired man that had walked up. "At least he is smart enough to keep his distance." Hunny thought to himself.

"I see. Do I need to do anything?" Kyoya asked.

"No, I will handle it. Just send me the new time. Call the internship and give her one more day also." He knew that she wouldn't be up for going to her internship in the condition she was in.

"No, don't do that. I have already been out too long. I will go today," Haruhi whimpered.

"Are you sure Haru-Chan? Kyo-Chan can arrange it to where you out longer without you losing your spot," Hunny said looking at her. He saw her nod as her only response. He sighed, "Never mind about the internship Kyo-Chan." Hunny heard a short response through the phone and then he ended the call.

Hikaru saw the exchange between Hunny and Haruhi and wondered what was going on. He didn't like to be ignored especially when all he wanted to do was apologize and move forward with their friendship. Wondering what Hunny had to do with everything he followed the couple outside and then looked on as Hunny called Kyoya and when he was done with that, the older man turned narrowed eyes onto him. Hikaru gulped. Hunny could easily kick his ass and he immediately knew that he was in trouble unless he found a way to talk himself out of this mess fast.